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dahlia

[dal-yuh, dahl-, dayl-] / ˈdæl jə, ˈdɑl-, ˈdeɪl- /


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“I didn’t want to completely lose my old self, but I wanted to let it wilt in a way,” they say, explaining how they saw themselves reflected in the dahlia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

A total eclipse of the sun is said to look like a black dahlia or a monochrome sunflower.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2024

Named for the dahlia flower whose petals bloom in concentric arrays , the dahliagram's "petals" illustrate the relative impact of different pull and push factors contributing to human behavior over time.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2023

As the dahlia shows turn up, more and more people turn up.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2023

He had to move two blocks up the hill to a dahlia garden where they put out traps every night.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

"When I first started, there were a lot of the 'old boy gardeners', who loved dahlias, chrysanthemums, the old fashioned plants," he said.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2025

With sun, support and water, your dahlias will be off to a vigorous and productive start, with blooms arriving in midsummer, when we’ll look at how to harvest blooms and maintain your plants.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2024

However, Mr Armitage said her "very striking" composition of red and orange late summer flowers, which included dahlias, crocosmia and rose hips, left judges "bowled over" with its technical quality.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023

Tables will be festooned with pink roses, Australian eucalyptus, dahlias and delphiniums.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

For twenty minutes, the night sky was alive with wagon wheels, party-colored dahlias, and whistling glitter palms.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies


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